Nancy Adeline Rector

b. 7 March 1860, d. 13 December 1935
Birth7 Mar 1860 Nancy Adeline Rector was born on 7 Mar 1860.1 
Marriage31 Dec 1879 She married John Henry Clark, son of John Porterfield Clark and Martha A. Ryburn, on 31 Dec 1879 in Bristol, Tennessee.1 
1 Jan 1880 She was 19 and he was 24. 
Cens-1880Jun 1880 Following their marriage, John and Nannie lived with his parents near Glade Spring, Virginia. The 1880 census listed John as "Henry J."2 
Migration  Sometime around 1892 John and Nancy, and their six children moved from Washington County, Virginia to Red Willow County, Nebraska. 
Cens-190022 Jun 1900  There they were enumerated on the 1900 census, by which time three additional children had been added to the family. Nancy stated that she was the mother of nine children, all of whom were living. John was farming in Tyrone Precinct, near the community of Red Willow The couple's two oldest sons, Albert and Arthur worked as farm laborers. The 3 oldest girls, Grace, Sarah and Martha, attended school.3 
Cens-191028 Apr 1910 However the family did not remain in Nebraska. By 1910 they were living in Weld County, Colorado. That years census states that John and Nancy had been married thirty years. Five of their children were still at home; the four eldest having already married.4 
Cens-19201920  By 1920 daughter Mary had also married but Byers, James Winton and Eleanor were single and at home. John, at age 64, still listed himself as a farmer.5 
Cens-193014 Apr 1930 Sometime before 1930 John and Nancy left the farm and moved into a home at 633 Pennsylvania Avenue in Boulder City, Boulder County, Colorado. Their daughter Grace and her family lived at number 637.6 
1929  A photo taken in 1929 shows John and Nancy on their 50th wedding anniversary.7 
Death13 Dec 1935 Nancy died on 13 Dec 1935 in Boulder, Colorado, at age 75. 
Burial She was buried at Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder.8 

Family

John Henry Clark b. 13 Oct 1855, d. 20 Dec 1935
Children
Last Edited5 Sep 2013

Citations

  1. [S23] Elinor Lahs (Jackie) Stock, "John Henry Clark" in Families of Washington Co. and Bristol, VA, p. 114.
  2. [S165] John P. Clark household, 1880 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Glade Spring District, ED 94, page 15 (60C stamped), dwelling 128, family 129, viewed online at www.Ancestry.com, April 2003, image 15 of 54. John P. Clark, 55, farmer, b. VA; Martha, 58, wife, b. VA; Mary, dau, 28, b. IL; Charles B., son, 26, b. VA, carpenter; Henry J., son, 24, b. VA, married; Earl B., son 18, b. VA; Nannie, dau-in-law, 20, Indiana, married.
  3. [S848] John Clark household, 1900 U.S. cens., Red Willow Co., Nebraska, pop. sched., Red Willow, ED 157, sheet 8B, dwelling 171, family 172, viewed online at Ancestry.com, March 2004, image 16 and 17 of 17. John Clark, 44, b. Oct. 1855 VA, marr 21 yrs, parents both b. VA, farmer; Nannie A., wife, 40, b. Mar. 1867 IL, marr 21 yrs, mother of 9 children, all living; Albert R., son, 19, b. Nov. 1880 VA; Grace E., dau, 17, b. Dec. 1882 VA; Beattie A., son, 15, b. Jan. 185 VA; Sarah E., dau, 13, b. Dec.__, VA; cont. top of sheet 9A (p. 47 stamped): Martha A., 11, b. Jan. 1889, VA; John D. B., 8, b. Oct. 1891, VA; James W., son, 6, b. Dec. 1893, Nebraska; Mary M., dau, 4, b. Jan. 1896, Nebraska; Elinor, dau, 1, b. Nov. 1898 Nebraska; father all children born VA, mother b. IL; Grace, Sarah and Martha attended school; Albert and Beattie worked as farm laborers.
  4. [S847] John Henry Clark household, 1910 U.S. cens., Weld Co., CO, pop. sched., La Grange Precinct, ED 285, sheet 5B, dwelling 95, family 99, viewed online at Ancestry.com, March 2004, image 20 of 22. John Henry Clark, 54, b. VA, marr once, 30 yrs, farmer; Nancy A., wife, 50, b. IL, marr 30 yrs, mother 9 children, all living; Martha A., dau, 21, b. VA; John D., son 18, b. VA; James W., son 15, b. NB; Mary M., dau, 14, b. NB; Elinor P., son [sic], 11, b. NB.
  5. [S843] John H. Clark household, 1920 U.S. cens., Weld Co., CO, pop. sched., 243, ED 1A (38 stamped), sheet 3, dwelling 3, family March 2004, image 1 of 5. John H. Clark, 64, b. VA, farmer; Manna A. (?), wife, 60, b. IL; Byers J., son, 28, b. VA; Winton J., 25, b. Nebraska; Elnor B., dau, 21, b. Nebraska, telephone operator; all children single, father b. VA, mother b. IL, viewed online at Ancestry.com.
  6. [S842] Henry Clark household, 1930 U.S. cens., Boulder Co., CO, pop. sched., Boulder, ED 7-49W, sheet 29A (100 stamped), dwelling 337, family 368, viewed online at Ancestry.com, March 2004, image 57 of 65. Henry Clark, 74 b. VA, marr at 24, rents home for $12 mos, not farm, no occup; Nannie, wife, 71 b. 71 IL, marr at 21; living at 633 Pennsylvania Ave.
  7. [S23] Families of Washington Co. and Bristol, VA, p. 114.
  8. [S3204] John Walton, "Clark/Sahm info," e-mail to D. Powell, 12 Apr. 2013. John is the great grandson of John Henry Clark and Nancy Adeline Rector.
  9. [S830] Elizabeth Hall Will (1906), Washington Co., Virginia Will Book 29 (D): 173. Elizabeth's will, dated June 30th 1906, was recorded July 19th, 1906. She left $500 to "her cousin Byars Clark, son of J. Henry Clark."